School: Cill Críosta

Location:
Kilchreest, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0035, Page 0284

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  1. An Drochshaol (continued)

    The famine commenced in the year 1845 and was also severe in the year 1847 . . .

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    soldiers came into a house in Ballacurra called "Henry Haverty's". They asked for food and he gave them a piece of oaten cake. When they had enough eaten they went out and they died outside his house. When he arose in the morning he found them there and he buried them.
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  2. A big stride towards education has taken place in Ireland since the days of the hedge schools and poor scholars, thus bringing to and end the ignorance and superstitions attached to uneducated classes of long ago, at that time doctors and nurses were hardly heard of in country
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Forde
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilchreest, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Bridget Forde
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilchreest, Co. Galway